Car-door hanger



"May '15, '1 923.

'r. R. CHANDLER cAi DOOR HANGER Filed Dec. 1, 1922 "Illln lal IIIII-III'IITI'IIV I l Ul l IJ- IA D U INVENTOR. THEDDEIRE H- [HANDLER BYGK 2 a a e ATTORNEY.

Patented May 15, 1923.

U TE S T THEODORE R. CHANDLER, 0F DAVENPORT, IOWA.

QAR DOQR HANGER.

Application filed December 1, 1922 Serial No. 604,134.

TOIQZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Tnnono-nn R. CHAND- men, a citizen of the United States, residing at Davenportpin the county of Scott and State-of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Car-Door Hanger, of whichfthe following is a specification. i

This invention relates to improvements in sliding doors and more particularly to hangers/for mounting a door on one side of a ca rlor the like'which permit the door to be moved to open or closed position and p re-. ventthedoor' from being detached and lost while the car is in transit.

Hangers for car doors have been constructed to movelaterally and longitudinally on a track but such devices a e of complicatedpeicpensive construction, easily liable to get out of order and dependent upon inanual' operation to force the doorlaterally out of its opening and one object of the inven tion is the provision of resilient means 0pcrating upon the unlocking. of the door to force the door outwardly. from its opening to clear the wall of' the car and perm t longitudinalmovenient of the door.

Anotler object is the provision of a rigid hanger having its main members adapted for economical construction from standard rolled sections. 7

Another object is to provide an improved. supportingand looking device, which open ates, to support the door" and also permitsthe door to be moved separably toward or away fromjthecar wall and parallel thereto.

Another object is the provision of p fited mea s; for or t o int closed position and locking the same.

The objects of the invention thus generally stated; together with other and ancillary advantages, are attained by the constru ction andjarrangement illustrated in the.

accompanying drawing forming part here of, but it will be apparent that imriousv changes in the form, construction and arrangement of the parts rnay be made by those skilled, in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as expressed in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of a sliding door mounted ona car and equipped F 1g. 2 is with the device of rnyinvention. an enlarged scale sectional view on the line, 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail sectional View on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 isan enlarged scale detail sectional view on the line ',4? of Fig. 1. Figs. 5 and, 6 are detail. v

views.

The construction which I have selected for purposes of illustrationisdesigned pri marily for use with a freight car, although. it is to be understood that the invention not limited to use on a car or other. vehicle,

were.-

but may be used on buildings such as houses, icehouses andthe like.

. at The construction comprises in general a 1 two-ply sliding door 1- supported at its upper end by a track 10 and adapted to close. I an opening 21 in the sidewall .22. of the.

car. The track 10 comprises a Z'bar rigidly.

web extending horizontally.

The hanger comprises an angle--7and, a channel 8 fastened together as-by rivets 23. and rigidly fastened to. the door 1. The channel 8 substantially encloses the track 10 and provides a mounting for. the rollers 19 which support the door and permit its easy movement longitudinally. Pins20 mvide journal bearings for rollers 19 are vingat its lower end with a cam 17. Their od 6 is 'pivotally supported on the angle7 by th'e cam 18 and mayberotated an arm QQ which is mounted on. the'lrod toward its.

lower end so as to be accessibleffromthe ground. The cam 17, below the angle. 13, acts as a stop against the, upper flange of the Z bar 1 1, to limit the outward movementofthe .door. i

The cams 17 and 18 are fastened on rod 6 at an angle of ninety degrees with each other (Fig. 5)v and with the arni 2 posi tioned so as to make an angle of one hundred eighty degrees with'thecam 17 (Figal'and A rod 4 fastened to the wall'22 and a pin 3 are provided to fasten andSeaIthe door 1 in the well known manner.

fastened to the sidewall of the earwith' i,ts

outer leg project ng downwardly and In Figs. 1 and2 thedoor is. shown. in.

closed I i a with the cam 1 in C n ct ith the Z bar 10 and the Carr 17 tu parallel to the door.

18 from the Z bar 10 and turns the cam 17 into engagement with the guide bar 16 thereby forcing the lower end of the door outwardly to clear the wall of the car. The upper end of the door is simultaneously forced outwardly by the action of a spring 9 (Figs, 2 and 6) which is mounted on the web of the channel 8 by means of bolts 12 so as to bear constantly against the downwardly projecting leg of the Z bar 10. The spring 9 acts to yieldingly hold the door out wardly away from the Wall 22 and is made sufficiently rigid to move the door and hanger outwardly and keep the cam 18 in contact with the 21 bar 10 as the cam is rotated. The rollers 19 are slid longitudinally on the track by the lateral movement of the door and are of sufficient length that when in their outermost position they have ample bearing on the Z bar 10. The door 1 can then be rolled along the track 10 until it strikes the stop 15.

Thus it will be seen that I have PlOYlLlBLl an improved supporting and locking device of substantial construction for a car door or the like which is manually operable to force the door laterally into closed position and which upon release of the locking device automatically moves the door and hanger outwardly from the car to permit of its longitudinal movement to open position.

I claim as my invention:

1. The combination with a wall of door set into the side thereof, a Z bar track fastened to the wall, a hanger comprising a channel rigidly fastened to the door, and having rollers mounted on the web of the channel adapted to roll longitudinally along the web of said Z bar and to be slid transversely on said Z bar web, a vertical rod rotatably mounted on the door, a Z bar guide member on said wall, at the bottom of the door, a cam on the upper end of said rod adapted to force the door laterally toward said wall upon rotation of said rod and to limit the outward lateral movement of the door and hanger, and a cam on the bottom. end'of said rod adapted to limit the lateral movement of the door in the bottom guide member.

2. The combination with a wall of a door set into the side thereof, a Z bar track fastened to the wall, a hanger comprising a channel rigidly fastened to the door, and having rollers mounted on the web of the channel adapted to roll longitudinally along the web of said Z bar and to he slid transversely on said 2 bar web, a vertical rod rotatably mounted on the door, a Z bar .guide member on said wall, at the bottom of i the door, a cam on the upper end of said rod adapted to force the door laterally toward said wall upon rotation of said rod and to limit the outward lateral movement ofthe door and hanger, and a resilient member mounted on the channel in contact with said first mentioned 2 bar to yieldingly hold the channel and door outwardly from the wall.

3. The combination with a wall of a door set into the side thereof, a Z bar track fastened to the wall, a hanger comprising a channel rigidly fastened to the door, and having rollers mounted on the web of the channel adapted to roll longitudinally along the web of said Z bar and to be slid transversely on said Z bar web, a vertical rod rotatably mounted on the door, a Z bar guide member on said wall, at the bottom of the door, a cam on the upper end of said rod adapted to force the door laterally toward said wall upon rotation of said rod and to limit the outward lateral movement of the door and hanger, a cam on the bottom end of said rod adapted to limit the lateral movement of the door in the bottom guide member and a resilient member mounted on the channel in contact with said first mentioned 2 bar to yieldingly hold the channel and door outwardly from the wall.

4t. The combination with a car having a door opening and sliding door, of hanging mechanism at the top of the door comprising track and a hanger engaging said track, device operable to force said door laterally into the door opening, said device comprising a vertical rod rotatably mounted on the door and having a cam projecting from its upper end to engage said track as the rod is rotated to force the door inwardly, a guide at the bottom of the door, a cam on the bottom of the rod adapted to engage the guide and hold the bottom of said door away from said opening when the upper cam is out of engagement with the track, and a leaf spring mounted on the hanger in contact with said track to yieldingly hold the top portion of the door away from the opening and means for locking said rod against rotation when the upper cam is in engagement with the track. I

5. The combination with a car having a door opening and a sliding door therefor, of hanging mechanism at the top of the door comprising a track, and a hanger engaging lllll said track, a device operable to force said door opening and a sliding door therefor, of hanging mechanism at the top of said door comprising a track, and a hanger engaging said track, adevice operable to force said door laterally into the door opening, said device comprising a vertical rod rotatably mounted on the door and having a cam projecting from its upper end to engage said track as the rod is rotated and force said door inwardly, a guide at the bottom of said door, a cam on the bottom of' said rod adapted to engage the guide and hold the bottom of the door away from said opening when the upper cam is out of engagement with said track, and a leaf spring mounted on said hanger in contact with said track to yieldingly hold the top portion of said door away from said opening.

7. The combination with a car'having a door opening and a sliding door therefor, of

hanging mechanism at the top of the door comprising a track, and a hanger engaging the track, a device operable to force the door laterally into the door opening, said device comprising a vertical rod rotatably mounted on the door and having a cam projecting from its upper end to engage said track as the rod is rotated and force said door inwardly, a guide at the bottom of the door, a cam on the bottom of the rod ada ted to engage said guide and hold the bottom of said door away from the opening when the upper cam is out of engagement with said 2 bar, and means for locking said rod against rotation when said upper cam is in engagement with said track.

8. The combination with a sliding door, of hanging mechanism at the top thereof comprising a track, a hanger engaging said track and a device operable to force said door laterally into the door opening, said device comprising a rod rotatably mounted on the door, and having a cam projecting therefrom to engage said track as the rod,

is rotated, and a leaf spring mounted on said hanger in contact with said track and adapted to force said door laterally out of said opening when said rod is rotated tov disengage'said cam from said track.

9. The combination with a wall, of a door set into theside thereof, a 2 bar track, a

hanger comprising a channel rigidly fas-.

tened to the door and rollers mounted on the channel and adapted to roll longitudinally along said track and to slide transversely thereof, means manually operable to move the door and hanger laterally into closed position and resilient means posi set into the side thereof, a track, a hanger rigidly fastened to said door and adapted to move laterally and longitudinally on said track, meansmanually operable to-move the door and hanger laterally into closed position and resilient means adapted to yield ingly hold said door, laterallyout of closed position and permit longitudinal movement,

thereof along said track. g

11. The combination with a wall having a door opening, of a sliding door adapted to close said opening, a track, a hanger rigidly fastened to the door and engaging said track,

manually operable means adapted tov force.

the door and hanger laterally into said opening to close the same, and resilient meansoperable to force said door laterally out of said opening upon release of said manually operable means.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto aflixed my signature.

THEODORE R. CHANDLER. 

